Poems about Destiny

Poems About Destiny

And the malignancy of hostile Powers Puts craftily back the clock of destiny And mightier seems than the eternal Will. The cosmic evil is too deep to unroot, The cosmic suffering is too vast to heal. A few I guide who pass me towards the Light; A few I save, the mass falls back unsaved; A few I help, the many strive and fail. But my heart I have hardened and I do my work: Slowly the light grows greater in the East, Slowly the world progresses on God’s road.

– Sri Aurobindo Savitri. Book VII Canto IV Page 510

Whether it seem good or evil to men’s eyes, Only for good the secret Will can work. Our destiny is written in double terms: Through Nature’s contraries we draw nearer God; Out of the darkness we still grow to light. Death is our road to immortality.

– Sri Aurobindo Savitri. Book VI The Book of Fate Canto I The Word of Fate Page 424